Round 7

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Former Yug Rep of Macedonia v Wales

Bd 1. GM Georgiev Vladimir (2537)..- FM Jones Richard (2321)..1-0
Bd 2. GM Mitkov Nikola (2525)......- FM Rees Ioan (2336)......1-0
Bd 3. GM Nedev Trajko (2511).......- Kett Tim (2238)........1/2-1/2
Bd 4. IM Pancevski Filip (2432)... - Bennett Alan (2108)......1-0

Games here

Tim's report

Richard never really got his KID going and was fairly comprehensively beaten.

Ioan had the position at move 18 on his computer in the morning. It was still fine for White at move 39 but sadly he blundered a piece on the last move of the time-control.

I had another long game, finally persuading my opponent to settle for a draw in a Q&P ending on move 67. In the time-scramble 39....e3 would have given me good winning chances but I can't claim to have considered it.

Alan had his first bad game of the tournament, settling too early for a worse ending and then allowing Bxc3 fatally weakening his pawns and leaving a poor B against an excellent N.

Iceland tomorrow which means that amazingly we still haven't played the bottom team, Monaco. And if our secret plan for beating Iceland comes off then we won't play them at all - which would be a huge achievement in itself.

Tim